On the Shooting Set of Aardman Animations' Early Man!

Adam Savage steps onto one of the film stages at Aardman Animations, where a complex and detailed miniatures set is ready for stop-motion filming. Chatting with one of the Animation Directors of the film, Adam learns how the puppets are mounted on these sets to make them come alive, one frame at a time.
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[@richbuilds_com]

This is definitely one of my favourite Tested series. Adam is perfect, enough insider knowledge to ask pertinent, interesting and often unthought of questions - and his enthusiasm is infectious! It brings the people he's interviewing to life by given them free reign to froth and enthuse too. Love it.

[@Steve-lu1nc]

Agree 100%

[@tbillington]

Couldn't agree more. Better than any behind the scenes production I've ever seen.

[@atikabernacchi7275]

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[@beardedboy2165]

I agree

[@donniemontoya9300]

Adam needs to do more interviews. He knows how to ask the right questions, look interested and most importantly he knows how to shut his trap when his guest is speaking.

[@PabloJ1968]

Correct. Unlike Norm, who has no clue of what he is doing.

[@SmR8008]

Wow, Merlin was incredibly informative and so passionate in his craft. In fact all the guys from Aardman seem so passionate in what they do and so keen to share their enthusiasm

[@PropagandaHour]

"You only need patience when you are idle" is profoundly insightful.

[@JairMcBain]

I'm sure I'm not the only one that gets extremely overwhelmed with anxiety at the sheer amount of work involved with a stop-motion scene with even 1 character present. I find digital animation tedious, but what these people do is an entire world apart from digital animation. It's incredible that films are made like this at all and I can't help but feel the fact they are is a universal anomaly that we're all incredibly lucky to share in through this series.

[@taregzamel]

I have fallen in love with Merlin, he is not only knowledgeable, but also completely passionate about his craft, great video Merlin!

[@DivingWithMatt]

These behind the scenes videos are amazing, always loved their films.

[@devttyUSB0]

This is such a cool series, at Aardman studios. Thanks!

[@louispenn9253]

This look into Aardman has slowly accelerated on showing an increased amount of exciting stuff. We started from making clay, then to the film stages. I'm expecting Adam to appear in the film as this rate :)

[@SmokyFrosty]

i just can't get over how good this series has been. AHHH I JUST CAN'T CONTAIN MY ADORATION FOR AARDMAN

[@indycustommade3568]

This was amazing to watch. Great job giving us the insight of the behind the scenes to this. It is so awesome to see what goes on and the details of what they do.

[@Robothut]

It really makes the old school animation "before you could remove support rigs in a computer" really stand out as something special. So much work for 1 second of video. Love this series !

[@Dan-wq8id]

Has to be one of the best channels on KZbin, so good hearing these guys really get in to the details, thanks guys!

[@technoandrew]

This is pure class. Absolutely brilliant!

[@Aaron-zl5gq]

Adam I love that you do these kind of studio tour stuff it’s so awesome

[@michaelseminatore6148]

Hey Adam and Tested, thanks for this great series of videos on Aardman, love it !!! BTW you guys should do a playlist grouping all of them. Cheers !

[@okladoma9782]

Such a joy to watch. Very informative, and Adam's enthusiasm compliments the director's articulate explanation of the questions. I am just beginning to get involved in stop motion animation, and I have learned so much from this. Thanks for all you do.

[@VaiKenz]

What he said at the very end about how their style is a result of them working directly with their hands. That would be like if every book was published in the author's hand writting.

[@sheldor247]

So glad you shared a video of the actual process in such detail #thanksforsharing well done.

[@Animatortor]

Absolutely fantastic! These videos are honestly so, so inspiring - behind the scenes stuff is so insightful :) Also I wish my puppets were this clever, so intricate, it is brilliant engineering.

[@sarahhill8216]

Animatortor I

[@Steve-lu1nc]

This is one of the best series of this channel! Huge props to everyone involved. *one day build is still better

[@paulbland5625]

Wow! That is some dedication to creating a visually impressive motion picture. Thanks Adam.

[@PcGameGold]

Did animation for Half-Life Mods using Milkshape, Took ages to do a full walking animation or a dying animation but the level of detail Aardman go to is amazing, Hat's off to them, (20 animators making two seconds of animation a day!)

[@brainybricks4371]

+Tested Thank you so much for going into this! This has really peaked my interest in animation!

[@MikeBroderick]

WOW !! Great series! Thanks you so much. Please, keep them coming!!

[@BazookaJRambo]

I love these videos about Aardman! I thought the re-upload was to edit out the dodgy shot of the shadow of the spade bobbing up and down at 3:05. It wasn't. :D

[@finnsetchell3594]

Wow I all ways thought that it was all made on computers. They definitely do there job well!

[@DanielDiaz-ng7gp]

It's awesome, and a lot of detail work, but it's all GENIUS one of a kind👍.

[@thomasleemullins4372]

I think the behind the scenes like this is fascinating.

[@cllris]

Some strong punnage on the signage. Top work.

[@Rhoadspc]

What a great chat !

[@adamleniar]

This was the fastest 23minutes of my live

[@jimg4699]

Thank you Adam and Merlin for this video. I feel like I've just watched an introduction to animation class 👍!

[@JERRYR708]

11:50 "We kinda like the human touch." I kinda like seeing a finger print on the clay. No really, I do.

[@bulldogstrut1]

Awesome segment. All thumbs up!

[@akaymattyy2520]

So awesome to see all of this 'hidden' content!!!!

[@familyfounder90]

*sigh* if I could redo school, it would be this. Maybe not the main characters, but the props in the back ground. Love to make miniature things!

[@XAVIERCUERVO]

i missed it the first time thanks for posting this again

[@SuperCanayaZ]

Beautiful work. I love how Adam get surprise it's looks like a child :D

[@kevinw374]

I was looking for a video for how to on how to create a stop motion puppet. and came came across two of your videos. Which I have really enjoyed.Thank you for posting them. and was wonder ? If it would be ok to share them on my facebook page?

[@DinoReichmuth]

this was such an interesting episode!

[@DrowSkinned]

Why am I just now seeing this?? 😭 Also what and Epic name! Merlin! So awesome. Thanks got sharing!

[@Bloeki123]

Me thinks they re-uploaded this video because it was published too early. Yesterday they showed us how the sets are created and in todays episode we see how the set works. It's the chronological correct order now.

[@Erik-rp1hi]

These guys are good. I've got all there feature films on Bluray. Them and Laika. Boxtrolls was special for me also.

[@ushaprashanthmc3323]

Amazing bro

[@AmusementLabs]

Jurassic Pork and Flint Eastwood, lol.

[@oilyrussianpipecleaner]

Jurassic PORK?!

[@sharvo6]

Best good news! a new Nick Parks/ Aardman movie's coming. Great vid ... I knew it had to be involved but WOW. Thanks Adam!

[@TheFlashStickman]

I'm going to see early man later today!!

[@eliaguilar8054]

Amazing👍🏻

[@ShawnieBoyAnimation]

i love working with stop-motion animation.

[@KubrickFR]

Set designer on one of those film really would be my dream job. Hours of warhammer modeling (for maybe 3-4 games...).

[@alexandersillan8139]

Amazing, I love it

[@Research0digo]

I'm SO glad that nice Adam, who smiles and is personable was able to get rid of that scowl-y Jerk with the motoring cap.

[@cactusbuds2979]

So excited to see what Aardman comes out with next, I’ve seen they are making a Wallace and Gromit MOVIE as well as a sequel to Chicken Run :)

[@NettlewoodPark]

Very fine!

[@et4751]

Im sure it wasn't a deciding factor, but how cool that hej the directors name is Merlin. Given the magic Aardman produces. 🙂

[@BillyF2LJeffs]

17:45 is that a model flight case they made to make the back of the set look like a "to scale" behind the scenes area??? Please tell me yes hahaha!

[@klaytonsworld3195]

I love them

[@zarate1om]

Brilliant

[@Afeeq1011]

0:12 "say hi Doug, ... oh nevermind, Doug is dead"

[@mahathir.mohamad]

Thor Ragnarok!

[@KwesiAyoKweRobinson]

WAT SONG IS THAT IN THE INTRO... I CANT FIND IT

[@Fabiofobia]

wonderfull video. please keep the aardman partnership.

[@onnilarri3847]

cool!

[@nab-rk4ob]

Thanks!

[@GodsOfAudio]

Um... Can the viewers of Tested content do our best to purchase tickets for this film to reward all of this HARD WORK?!?!?!

[@stevenpaige2005]

I honestly think that if I ever met Adam I would be that person that just .... stares with his mouth open, whilst at the same time forgetting how to breathe like a normal person

[@jamesmcmillanclyne391]

is this not a reupload? I started watching it's few says ago and it was removed. Has anyone else seen this video before?

[@myfriendeddie0021]

cool! thanks

[@declanseeleymusic]

Didn’t they use actual smoke in the curse of the were-rabbit??? I remember seeing a behind the scenes video and they were using fog machines. I never realized that using smoke in stop-motion would be hard. I guess Aardman Animation is the best of the best really.

[@davidrenton]

well think stop motion , everything is static, move a bit, next frame, use a fog machine, or real water, it's constantly changing , so it would 'jump' across frames and not look very good or consistent

[@hdjdjdjdjs272]

Only in England do people name their children Merlin, like it's a real name, for real people. The entire country is hidden inside of a wardrobe.

[@doublelightangel]

Let's be honest here, I'm British and this is the only guy I've come across who is called Merlin 😉 Aardman is super cool and one of the best things come out of the UK we do some things really well.☺️🌈

[@jakobmorningstar]

Why the reupload? Got all excited just to see it’s the same thing as before

[@crucialfarmsurbanandfresh]

Jakob Morningstar thank Darth Vader someone else noticed I thought I was going crazy

[@thejunkman]

I saw this video a few day's ago too, time travelers we are?

[@dalebelseth3058]

Wow! Gosh! Gee Willikers!

[@Lighting_Desk]

Please consider covering Lighting!

[@technoandrew]

All of these videos at Aardman were filmed last year. We'll just have to wait and see if they cover that.

[@GrahamNicholson56]

While we wait for Tested to cover lighting this is worth a look: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4K2mJV-r9xmiM0

[@lolnah8856]

Around the 12 minute mark where he's talking about 'the human touch' I'm so glad they're happy to leave things like that in. It seems that too many recent stop motion movies have everything look perfect. For example, Kubo and the two strings where practically everything was 3d printed or CGI, it defeats the purpose IMO. It's indistinguishable from 3d generated animation.

[@user-iq1rw2nr8w]

12:25 ShaunReader!

[@0xbenedikt]

It's certainly a custom in-house job made for Shaun the Sheep and snuck it's way into Early Man. Nice :)

[@justinvanliew3802]

I could think of none better than Adam and the Tested Crew to ask this of: Is there someone out there who would make (or has made) a reasonably priced 3D printed Nautilus from Disney's 1954 "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" that I could get in touch with? Models online tend to be prohibitively expensive. I'd like to get one relatively cheap and perhaps assemble and paint it myself. Thanks in advance. Keep up the good work, Justin

[@GrahamNicholson56]

Justin, would a plastic or resin kit work for you? www.scalemates.com/search.php?fkSECTION%5B%5D=All&q=Jules+Vernes+Nautilus+Submarine

[@justinvanliew3802]

Thanks, it might. I'll take a look!

[@justinvanliew3802]

They don't appear to be available anywhere, and they're still quite expensive.

[@dansanders173]

Love Jurassic pork!

[@ianc4901]

And Flint Eastwood !

[@obs_community9517]

At 8:05 it looks like Adam has an ear wig in or something lol

[@anoccomir]

I feel like I've seen this before.

[@AmusementLabs]

anoccomir me too....

[@Hayatory]

It was up but they claimed it had an error in it so they reuploaded it

[@AmusementLabs]

what was the error?

[@Hayatory]

I don't know but last week they said that it had an error

[@Ripstikerpro]

Is it DejaVou, or is this a reupload Edit. I am now sure it is a re-upload

[@antonioleonard4022]

i also saw the thumbnail and the title like last week maybe, and then they delete it after a while i guess

[@Ripstikerpro]

Antonio Leonard oh, ok thanks mate

[@sommelierofstench]

stressed just hearing them talk about all this.

[@atomixfang]

He is a wizard!

[@redgreen09]

neat stuff not t yet small soldiers but some day agen fun stuff

[@bloatedman]

punch and judy

[@BruceButterfield]

Why the repost?

[@ianc4901]

It became 'Unavailable'

[@matijarmk]

nice :D

[@willi3725]

When I’m good I get jelly!

[@alfaryhahaha]

i think ive watched this couple days ago

[@dawudmc]

i was sure i´ve seen this too yet it seems it has been uploaled a few minutes ago ? i am not alone.. maybe a reup for clicks ?

[@alfaryhahaha]

maybe theyre upload it too early without agreement from aardman,who knows

[@joshuagreening3713]

you uploaded this one already

[@lewis5327]

Easter Egg already. "Flint Eastwood" building. Old Westerns.

[@ryanbarr2178]

Jurassic Pork building at the very beginning

[@two-face1041]

Jurassic Pork lol

[@howeslife2718]

This guy reminds me of David Tennant

[@MarkWladika]

Merlin the animator. Perfect.

[@NANONilsWORLD]

I love Stop Motion films, but I never want to make one...never ever ^^ (too much time)

[@ZombieSchwamp]

Close your eyes and he sounds like Eddie Redmayne.

[@DaveLennonCopeland]

So, this is the re-upload from the other day, don't see any noticeable difference.

[@DaveLennonCopeland]

Luke Foster Animations - Whatever the problem was didn't stop me from watching the whole thing the other day. It only went "private" after I had watched it. A mystery problem, I guess. :)

[@AustinMSmall]

Too say that Early Man is destined to be defeated at the US box office by Black Panther is just as truthful as Valiant was supposed to be the nail in the coffin for 2D Animation in Europe. There are as way more critic and audience reviews for Black Panther than Early Man.

[@PHDarren]

Oh great Adam you moved his arm too far now they are going to have to re-shoot the whole scene again. 2 extra days added to the board. :)

[@garethwilliams2926]

Either i'm in the matrix or something fishy is going on here! I swear I watched this a few days ago.

[@ianc4901]

Something went wrong with the YT file and it just reported as 'Unavailable' so it had to be uploaded again

[@garethwilliams2926]

That's a shame. I've been loving this Aardman series. Thought we'd been treated to another video.

[@MartinDolan]

Always loved Aardman since A Grand Day Out. I was totally sold the first time I saw a fingerprint in the clay on the big on screen. Glad Nick is still doing it old school :)

[@jharvey5540]

9:38 Adam almost gets kicked off set for touching something.